Mark Smith

General Electric Capital Corp. provides financial products and services. Its services include commercial loans and leases, fleet management, financial programs, credit cards, personal loans, and other financial services. The firm’s solutions include energy finance and aviation finance. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Aronson LLC provides assurance, tax, and consulting solutions. It offers audit and assurance services, employee benefit plan services, executive search services, financial advisory services, government contract compliance services, government contract consulting, outsourced accounting solutions, personal financial services, software sales and consulting, tax services, technology risk, wealth management advisory services. The firm also provides other business services, including investment banking, recruiting, wealth management advisory and systems support. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

The American Society of Heating Refrigerating & Air-Conditioning (ASHRAE) provides resources to help designers make buildings more resilient to natural disasters. The non-profit company is based in Peachtree Corners, GA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's focus is on helping buildings and their systems withstand and recover from adverse events.

Berico Technologies LLC provides data analytics solutions and open source cloud architectures. The firm’s product Rivium, is an intuitive web based data visualization, exploration and collaboration application. It offers intelligence analysis, cyberspace operations, software development, IT modernization, cloud engineering and governance services. The company was founded by Nick Hallam and Guy Filippelli in 2006 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.